INQUIZITIVE

ROUND 1

REFRESHER

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5

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QUESTION 1

Who is the author of ‘Audacity of Hope’?

ANSWER

BARACK OBAMA

QUESTION 2

Cutis Anserina is the medical

term of what?

ANSWER

GOOSEBUMPS

QUESTION 3

On which historical

event was the rhyme ‘Ringa Ringa Roses’

based?

ANSWER

BLACK DEATH

QUESTION 4

Who captained

India in their 1st ODI match?

ANSWER

AJIT WADEKAR

QUESTION 5

What is known as the Asian

Nobel Prize?

ANSWER

MAGSAYSAY AWARD

INTERESTING FACT

ROUND 2

FACTOID

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5

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QUESTION 1

What is so special about this particular crossword puzzle?

ANSWER

IT WAS THE 1ST CROSSWORD PUZZLE TO

APPEAR IN A NEWSPAPER

QUESTION 2

Which famous cricket tournament held annually in India is named after him?

ANSWER

RANJI TROPHY

QUESTION 3

What is so great about this national park?

ANSWERIT IS THE ONLY FLOATING NATIONAL PARK IN THE

WORLD

QUESTION 4

To whom is this ad by Amul dedicated?

ANSWERSACHIN TENDULKAR

QUESTION 5

This was the 1st painting of whose?

ANSWER

MICHELANGELO

INTERESTING FACT

ROUND 3

LOG ONTO LOGOS

QUESTION 1

ANSWER

TOYS R US

QUESTION 2

ANSWER

SAMSONITE

QUESTION 3

ANSWER

YVES SAINT LAURENT

QUESTION 4

ANSWER

PIXAR

QUESTION 5

ANSWER

NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

INTERESTING FACT

ROUND 4

AROUND THE WORLD

BELGIUM

FINLAND

U.K.

INDIA

U.S.

A

Name the popular cartoon character who belongs to Belgium.

TinTin

B

This museum offers an educational insight into a Belgium treasure. What is it? (Many don’t know that it is actually from Belgium)French Fries

A

Name the lowest point in the U.K.

Fenland

B

Why is this tree a tourist location?It was the tree under which Newton was resting

and the apple fell on his head.

A

Who was popularly known as the ‘human computer’?

Shakuntala Devi

B

Which famous club was founded here?

BCCI

A

Name the highest point in the U.S.

Mt. McKinley

B

What is so special about these steps?These steps have the words of Swami

Vivekananda’s speech at the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago.

A

What is Finland also called?

The land of thousand lakes/Land of the midnight sun

B

This line cuts right through the Santa Claus village in Lapland. What does it denote?

Arctic Circle

INTERESTING FACT

ROUND 5

NEWSMAKERS

QUESTION 1

Identify the singer of this song.

ANSWER

AB DEVILLIERS

4QUESTION 2

Connect

ANSWER

THEY WILL RECEIVE THE 2016 PADMA VIBHUSHAN AWARD

QUESTION 3

What did Oxford dictionary announce as its “word” of the year

for 2015?

ANSWER

THE EMOJI COMMONLY KNOWN AS ‘THE FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY’

QUESTION 4

X is an e-commerce company founded in 2007 by Sachin and Binny Bansal. It is registered in Singapore but sells goods in India through a company

called Y. Identify X and Y.

ANSWER

X- FLIPKARTY- WS RETAIL

(L) BINNY BANSAL & (R) SACHIN BANSAL

ROUND 5

BUZZINGA

QUESTION 1

Aibohphobia is the fear of what?

ANSWER

PALINDROMES (AIBOHPHOBIA – AIBOHPHOBIA)

QUESTION 2

What is Lujendra Ojha’s claim to fame?

ANSWER

HE DISCOVERED WATER ON MARS

QUESTION 2

OVI Intaglio is an ink sent from Swiss firm

SLCPA’s unit. Where is this ink used?

ANSWER CURRENCY NOTES

(WATERMARK)

QUESTION 3

The inhabitants of which planet are called Tellurians?

ANSWER

EARTH

QUESTION 4

Whose only book is this?

ANSWER

ARNAB GOSWAMI

QUESTION 5

In a textbook, the chapter called ‘From Bus Conductor

to Filmstar’ is based on whom?

ANSWER

RAJNIKANTH

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